[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7995]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Central Illinois (IL) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of Central Illinois Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois) to provide official services under 
the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, at 202-720-8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action has been reviewed and determined 
not to be a rule or regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and 
Departmental Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and 
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
    In the October 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 52678), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
area assigned to Central Illinois to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by October 30, 1998. There were two 
applicants: Central Illinois and Turner Grain Services, Inc. (Turner). 
Central Illinois applied for designation to provide official services 
in the entire area currently assigned to them. Turner, currently 
operating an unofficial grain inspection business not designated by 
GIPSA under the authority of the Act, applied for designation to 
provide official services in a portion of the Central Illinois area. 
Turner applied for the area bounded on the North by Interstate 74; 
bounded on the East by Interstate 155; bounded on the South by Illinois 
Route 136; and bounded on the West by the western Tazewell County line, 
and the western Peoria County line north to Interstate 74.
    The October 1, 1998, Federal Register also asked for comments on 
the services provided by Central Illinois. GIPSA did not receive any 
comments.
    In the December 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 66118), GIPSA 
asked for comments on the applicants for the Central Illinois area. 
GIPSA received two comments by the deadline: both were from grain 
companies that said they were familiar with the services provided by 
Central Illinois and Turner, and both supported designation of both 
organizations.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act and, according to Section 
7(f)(1)(B), determined that Central Illinois is better able to provide 
official services in the geographic area for which they applied.
    Effective June 1, 1999, and ending May 31, 2002, Central Illinois 
is designated to provide official services in the Central Illinois 
geographic area specified in the October 1, 1998, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Central Illinois at 309-827-7121.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: March 17, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7995 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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